MARCH 13, 2009
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA
LONDON — Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Thursday that Simon Henry, who helped guide the company through its oil-reserves reporting crisis five years ago, will be its new chief financial officer, effective May 1.
Mr. Henry, who most recently served as executive vice president of finance at Shell’s oil-exploration division, was the company’s head of investor relations in 2004, when Shell shocked investors with the news that it had overbooked its oil and natural-gas reserves by 20%.
NCB analyst Peter Hutton said Mr. Henry’s appointment was a positive move. “Simon developed a very strong rapport with analysts when he was head of investor relations for being straight-talking and no nonsense, a feature which significantly helped restore Shell’s reputation after the reserves issue,” Mr. Hutton said.
Mr. Henry, 47 years old, succeeds Peter Voser, who becomes Shell’s chief executive July 1. Shell’s board has proposed that current CEO Jeroen van der Veer become a nonexecutive director after he retires in June.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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